St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-07

Plumbers, as a rule, have generally
been regarded as the bane of any COM
munity until they commenced soldering
pipe in st. Paul. Then they commence
to be the boon, but they are just as
saucy as ever. w. j. Freaney is a
pretty good sample of the average st.
Paul plumber, although he is quite
handsome. He is young man, and q
poet. He is fond of politics, poems,
and old pieces of lead pipe, and he has
the best sanitary library in the city.
sive and gentlemanly looking plumber
in the city. but he gets there just the
same, and whenever the master plumb
ers want man to run things in the as
SOciatiOn they always select Mr..
Freaney He and DR.. Day love to get
together and discuss perpleXing Sani-
tary questions. He is going to have the
best bath room in the city in his new
house on Iglehart street.
j. G. PrendergaSt is called the father
of the plumbing business. He has ac
cumulated a snug fortune, and has
built a fine new residence. They say
he is worth close onto quarter of a
million dollars. Mr.. PrendergaSt is now
a lifelong member of the board of fire
commissioners. At one time he was
chief of the old volunteer fire depart
ment. He is genial gentleman to
meet, and no enterprise of a sanitary
tendency is considered worth noticing
unless he backs it.
His brother, Mike. the Junior member
of the firm of Prendergast Brothers, is
in his element when he is watching
profitable game of base ball from his
customary seat in the grand-stand. His
other pet diversion is paradlng with his
comrades of the q. a. Il.
j. j. Dunnigan was one of the first
plumbers in St. Paul. He has seen all
phases of the business in the city UP to
date, and he commenced life mending
tea kettles. He likes good horses and
well-bred dogs. Lately, however, he
had the bad luck to lose one of his
incest trick dogs, which he valued at a
very large sum.
George Dempsey is another of the
pioneer members. He possesses the
confidence of large number of wealthy
citizens, but he isn't considered much
of an authority on sporting matters.
J. c. Johnston is st. Paul boy of the
first water. The older men i'll the pro-
fession have labOred long and earnestly
with James, the trend of their diScOurseS
usually being upon the folly of trying
to live life of single blessedneSs. Some
say he is waiting for the old man to
yield to the wishes of that famous heir
eSS up on the hill.
P. V. Dwyer is a pushing, active
young man, who has been very success
full in real estate transactions. He has
a weakness for good horSetieSh, and is
noted for his piety. The Dwyer
brothers stuck the pipe in the Ryan
hotel and got up club of SCOT covered
unfOrtunates for the free for all ice pal
ace paradeS of 1886.
James A. Dwyer is a member of the
"Thirteen club" Being worth only
about half million he abhOrs ostenta-
ton and is opposed to all Shams.
z. w. Hudner, one of the oldest
plumbers here, is noted chiefly for his
likeness to the celebrated Beau Brum-
mel. He is as good a pedestrian as
Weston or O'Leary. and he never car
ries an umbrella. His classic jokes do
much to relieve the drynesS of the
plumbers meetings.
Brother AdamSon is a new arrival
from Winnipeg, and is considered a
very valuable acquisition to the ranks
on account of his great smoke tester.
j. L. Holmes is not humOrist, for he
is mild hammered young man, who
has been in the business here for five or
six years. He is a great statiStitian, and
is awfully proud of the great increase of
St. Pauls population, and for good rea-
sons too.
John Shea is bachelor of very COM
manding appearance and uncertain age.
Mr.. Shea is the musical plumber, and
loves to sing patriotic Irish songs. He
divides his time between the two BIS"
Beethoven and Baseball, with a strong
inclination to the latter.
Allan Black is young ScOtchman, as
sharp, shrewd and keen as any canny
''chiel'' of the ''Heelands." He devotes
most of his spare time to looking up
corners in real estate. He is silent
member of the st. Andrews society.
Robert Haddow is another Scot. He
has very pretty tenor voice, and may
yet achieve the fame of J. G. Myron.
James O'Brien is proud of his nation
ality and knowledge of seamanShip.
Like all other salts he likes company
and little fun.
Tim HOurihan, his partner, is Span
lard, as his name indicates, and he
talks with a famous accent and a
soprano tone. He will become famous
among the patriots of his country.
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